Maxim gun in the First Matabele War 1893 (1 Viewer)

[GICOP]

1 November 1893, 2,000 Matabele riflemen and 4,000 warriors attacked the British South Africa Company commanded by Major Patrick Forbes at Bembesi, about 30 miles north-east of Bulawayo














Figures - Little Legion

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Martyn

 

[aujj65]

Martyn, lets hope there's enough bullets to go round? :wink2:

Jeff

 

[GICOP]

Martyn, lets hope there's enough bullets to go round? :wink2:

Jeff

I know they will be more than happy to share them with the Matabele Jeff ^&grin :wink2:

Cheers

Martyn

 

[TomB]

1 November 1893, 2,000 Matabele riflemen and 4,000 warriors attacked the British South Africa Company commanded by Major Patrick Forbes at Bembesi, about 30 miles north-east of Bulawayo














Figures - Little Legion

Cheers

Martyn

Nasty surprise for the native's....nice set up and figure's....you sure have an interesting StH African and Indian collection...regards TomB

 

[GICOP]

Nasty surprise for the native's....nice set up and figure's....you sure have an interesting StH African and Indian collection...regards TomB

Many thanks Tom :salute::...and a VERY nasty surprise it's going to be :wink2:

Cheers

Martyn

 

[mikemiller1955]

not familiar with this conflict...but I'm guessing the machine gun was the great eqaulizer in this battle...very nice piece by the way...

 

[GICOP]

not familiar with this conflict...but I'm guessing the machine gun was the great eqaulizer in this battle...very nice piece by the way...

Many thanks Michael :salute::

The Matabele War was the first conflict the British used the Maxim gun. There was no stopping it's use after that :wink2:

Cheers

Martyn

 

[The Lt.]

An I am sure we'll be seeing the effects of it Michael and as always Martyn you continue to out do yourself in staging and photographing you historical events.......Joe:salute:::salute:::salute:::salute::

 

[GICOP]

An I am sure we'll be seeing the effects of it Michael and as always Martyn you continue to out do yourself in staging and photographing you historical events.......Joe:salute:::salute:::salute:::salute::

Many thanks Joe :salute::

I thought the Matabele War would add a bit of variety :wink2:

Cheers mate

Martyn

 

[GICOP]

The Maxims begin to take their toll



Matabele - Trophy of Wales

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Martyn

 

[mikemiller1955]

The Maxims begin to take their toll



Matabele - Trophy of Wales

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Martyn

attaway...

when I first started collecting the Zulu Wars...

Papa Zulu told me...

"for your diorama...you can't have enough dead Zulus"...^&grin

yours looks good...

 

[Deitz]

Martyn,
Very nice, Trophy does go well with LL. I can almost here the report of the guns. I guess that's why I caught the Trophy bug. What Lt says is true, you can never have too many Zulus.
Brian

 

[GICOP]

attaway...

when I first started collecting the Zulu Wars...

Papa Zulu told me...

"for your diorama...you can't have enough dead Zulus"...^&grin

yours looks good...

Martyn,
Very nice, Trophy does go well with LL. I can almost here the report of the guns. I guess that's why I caught the Trophy bug. What Lt says is true, you can never have too many Zulus.
Brian

Many thanks Michael and Brian :salute:: The Lt is right as usual {bravo}}

Cheers

Martyn

 

[GICOP]

A Trooper with the Mashonaland Mounted Police picks off a Matabele inDuna



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Martyn

 

[GICOP]

The ammunition appears to be holding out





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Martyn

 

[aujj65]

The ammunition appears to be holding out





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Martyn

Blimey Martyn, do you have the worlds supply of dead Zulus! :wink2:

Jeff

 

[GICOP]

Blimey Martyn, do you have the worlds supply of dead Zulus! :wink2:

Jeff

Only one or two dozen Jeff ......maybe a couple more :wink2: :salute::

Cheers

Martyn

 

[GICOP]

The action draws to a close





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Martyn

 

[GICOP]

They never broke through the defences



British South Africa Company - Little Legion

Matabele - Trophy of Wales

I must take good care from my Matabele/Zulu casualties, one single figure just sold on Ebay for £27 :salute::

Cheers

Martyn

 

[damian]

The Matabele Wars. How is that for a forgotten war from colonial history.
Thanks for recreating all these campaigns Martyn